Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101536

Funded Activity Summary

Flexible crystals: inducing new physical properties in crystalline materials through the combination and control of intermolecular interactions. The proposal aims to design new crystalline materials with unique physical and mechanical properties such as elastic flexibility. An innovative approach will be employed, using the weak forces between molecules arranged in a crystal lattice to control the bulk properties of the materials. The strength, nature and vectors of the intermolecular interactions will be varied and correlated with the resulting mechanical characteristics. By doing so, this project will learn how to engineer materials with predictable and useful properties. The development of this approach will generate fundamental understanding of complementary intermolecular forces and lay the foundations for the materials produced to be tailored for specific high-tech applications.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-03-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $430,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Transition Metal Chemistry | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Synthesis of Materials | Nanochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | Nanochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry | Synthesis of Materials | Transition Metal Chemistry

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